Commentary
Seattle’s Economic Transformation As Seen By a Harvard Economist
By Seattle Business Magazine March 8, 2011
Check out this piece in the New York Times.Nothing new here, but good to get the Ivy League perspective By EDWARD L. GLAESER Seattle has used high-rise construction and good…
Check out this piece in the New York Times.Nothing new here, but good to get the Ivy League perspective
By EDWARD L. GLAESER
Seattle has used high-rise construction and good public transportation to support growth and bolster its economy.
As the 2010 Census rolls out, much of the attention of news organizations is focused on the continuing growth of Texas and Florida, but there is much to be learned from the less extreme, but still significant, population growth in less sunny places, like Seattle.
Seattle is one of the few large cities outside the Sun Belt that is growing more quickly than the country as a whole. The citys growth reveals the benefits of concentrating smart people in dense cities.